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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Chicago, IL

March 28, 2020Kane County, Kendall County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Mar 28, 2020, 4:23 AM CDT for Kane County, Kendall County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 28, 2020, 8:58 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 28, 2020, 4:23 AM CDT (09:23 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 28, 2020, 8:58 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 3, 2020, 5:26 PM CDT
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Kane County, IL, Kendall County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Fox River at Montgomery (MNGI2). The gauge peaked at 13.63 ft at Mar 29, 2020, 8:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 13.5 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05551540, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Chicago, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Mar 28, 3:59 AM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 3:59 AM CDT, 24 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 28, 12:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	DeKalb, Kane, Lee, Ogle	4 hr
Mar 28, 2:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Winnebago	4 days
Mar 28, 2:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Winnebago	7 days
Mar 28, 2:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Winnebago	21 days
Mar 28, 2:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Ogle	5 days
Mar 28, 2:39 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Boone	8 hr
Mar 28, 2:39 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Winnebago	21 days
Mar 28, 2:39 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Lee	6 days
Mar 28, 2:39 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	DeKalb	36 hr
Mar 28, 3:36 AM CDT	Gale Warning	LOT		42 hr
Mar 28, 4:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Kane, McHenry	6 days
Mar 28, 8:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake	6 days
Mar 28, 8:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake	7 days
Mar 28, 9:10 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Lake	64 hr
Mar 28, 9:10 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Cook	70 hr
Mar 28, 9:15 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Iroquois	16 hr
Mar 28, 9:50 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	LaSalle	3 days
Mar 28, 10:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Boone	40 hr
Mar 28, 1:15 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	DuPage, Will	32 hr
Mar 28, 2:43 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	LOT	Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 12 more	29 hr
Mar 28, 2:55 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		13 hr
Mar 28, 6:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Ogle	26 min
Mar 28, 9:15 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Newton	5 days

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.